Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 285 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

On January 1th, the focus of the 15rd round of the Premier League was at Anfield Stadium. Liverpool played against Manchester City at home. The two teams with the same points finally met each other.

曼城本赛季在主场2-2战平利物浦，曼城在双方近7次交锋中无一胜绩，而且蓝月亮近15次做客安菲尔德5平10负未尝胜绩。

自1981年以来，曼城29次客战利物浦仅胜1场，双方英超交锋41场，利物浦18胜16平7负占据上风，其中主场14胜5平1负。

The two sides have clashed 177 games in history, and Liverpool has the upper hand with 86 wins, 46 draws and 45 losses. In Klopp's words, "The Red Army never fears Manchester City!".

Liverpool (4-2-3-1):

13 - Pickford;

66-Arnold, 3-Maguire, 4-Van Dijk, 26-Robertson;
5- Wijnaldum, 7- Milner;
11-Salah, 10-Zhang Mai, 19-Mane;

9 - Firmino.

Manchester City (4-3-3):

31 - Edson;
2-Walker, 5-Stones, 30-Otamendi, 18-Delph;
8-Gundoan, 25-Fernandinho, 17-De Bruyne;

7-Sterling, 10-Aguero, 19-Sane.

Klopp ranked Liverpool's strongest lineup, Salah, Firmino, Milner and Pickford played in rotation, and Zhang Mai became the hub connecting the front and rear triangles.

Manchester City rotates 6 people, Jesus is still injured, and Aguero enters the starting lineup.

Zhang Mai greeted his former teammate Mahrez in the player tunnel. The old horse's style of sticking to the ball conflicts with Blue Moon, and he has been sticking to the Manchester City bench recently.

Before the start of the game, the two sides applauded the former Liverpool goalkeeper Tommy Lawrence who had just passed away, and jointly commemorated the great goalkeeper.

The game started amidst the cheers of the Red Army fans like a tsunami. Liverpool took the lead in attacking and put great pressure on Manchester City's defense.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Firmino passed the ball, Mane stopped the ball slightly and missed the opportunity, but Salah's shot was a little hesitant and was blocked by Stones in time.

In the 7th minute, De Bruyne made a pass. Former Liverpool winger Sterling stopped the ball 10 yards in front of the goal and then fell down. The referee ignored it, and the home team audience booed endlessly.

The visiting team gradually regained possession with fast balls and smooth cooperation, but Liverpool didn't care, because the Red Army's magic weapon has never been possession.

Liverpool took the lead in the 9th minute. Zhang Mai intercepted Otamendi and then scored. Chamberlain broke through from the right to the edge of the penalty area and shot into the net from the far corner.

1-0!Huge cheers erupted at Anfield, and the excited Chamberlain also ran to the home fans stands to wave to celebrate.

Blue Moon, who was one goal behind, did not panic, and even Guardiola just waved from the sidelines to let the players strengthen their offense.

In the 14th minute, Firmino passed the ball, and Salah broke into the right side of the small penalty area and shot wide of the near corner.

The two sides began to entangle in the midfield, Manchester City won more possession of the ball, but it was difficult to break through Liverpool's defense.

In the 21st minute, De Bruyne made a cross from the right, but Aguero missed a close-range shovel shot under Van Dijk's interference, and the ball went out, which shocked Pickford into a cold sweat.

In the 28th minute, Manchester City found another chance, this time it was Walker's pass, and Sane shot in front of the penalty area and hit Maguire and deflected out of the right post.

In the 31st minute, Delph, who had just returned from injury, was injured and fell to the ground, and Manchester City was replaced by Danilo.

Since then, the two teams have accelerated their offensive and defensive rhythms, and Manchester City's rapid transfer is helpless in the face of the Red Army's shrinking wings.

In the 33rd minute, Liverpool quickly counterattacked, and Firmino's shot from the right side of the penalty area missed the near corner.

In the 35th minute, De Bruyne's low shot in front of the penalty area was firmly confiscated by Pickford.

In the 37th minute, Wijnaldum passed the ball, and Salah's pass was also obtained by Ederson.

Manchester City equalized the score in the 40th minute, Walker made a diagonal pass, Sane stopped the ball to get rid of Arnold, broke into the left side of the penalty area and passed Maguire, and finally shot into the net from a small angle, 1-1.

Sane, who scored Manchester City's goal, hugged and celebrated with his teammates, but his eyes were fixed on Zhang Mai, which hurt Zhang Mai very much.

Nima, what are you looking at me for?I didn't beat up your African-American girlfriend last time, it was the swordsman who found it himself!

look again!look again!Believe it or not, I will clean up your rotten moon later!
Zhang Mai cast a vicious look over him, and Sane immediately lowered his head like a frightened quail...

The next two teams had no achievements, and the score was still 1-1 at the end of the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, Zhang Mai, who was murderous, made his own position premise, which caused Manchester City to attack a wave.

In the 48th minute, Aguero's shot from the left side of the penalty area was blocked by Van Dijk...

In the 52nd minute, Sane took a corner kick and Otamendi hit the crossbar with a header...

From the 55th minute, Zhang Mai retreated again to make the Red Army's midfield stiffer, and began to launch a strong impact on Manchester City's penalty area.

In the 57th minute, Zhang Mai passed the ball after breaking through the middle. Chamberlain shot from the left side of the penalty area and was also saved by Edson.

Liverpool surpassed again in the 59th minute. Chamberlain made a direct pass. Zhang Mai squeezed Stones away from the left side of the penalty area and hit the far corner post into the net.

2-1!Zhang Mai flew on the lawn with open arms, greeted the huge cheers of the audience. As for the provocative Sane, Zhang Mai didn't even bother to pay back on purpose.

Zhang Mai's goal boosted the Red Army's confidence in winning at home, and Liverpool soldiers started Anfield's offensive frenzy.

In the 62nd minute, Liverpool almost scored again. Sterling made a mistake in the return pass. Zhang Mai immediately divided the side after getting the ball.

In the 65th minute, Otamendi's pass was blocked by Salah, the Egyptian crossed, and Mane shot into the upper left corner from the edge of the penalty area, 3-1.

The Anfield stadium was boiling, but Mane was kissing the turf, and Zhang Mai looked at Sane with a smile that was not a smile.

The Red Army with a two-goal lead is still on the offensive. In the face of strong attack pressure, Manchester City's defense began to show loopholes.

In the 68th minute, Salah made a direct pass to Mane, Ederson attacked and intercepted and passed the ball hastily, Salah intercepted and shot the empty goal from a long distance into the net, 4-1.

Salah was kissing his hands, praying and congratulating him. This was his 24th goal of the season, including 18 in the league.

Guardiola finally couldn't sit still on the sidelines, and was yelling to rearrange the formation on the field, while Uncle Zha on the side was happily interacting with the Red Army fans to celebrate.

Guardiola hurriedly arranged a substitution and replaced Sterling, who had no performance in the audience, with Mahrez.

Manchester City is worthy of being the previous undefeated division. After some tossing by Gua Tu, they stabilized their position and immediately started to fight back against Liverpool.

In the next 20 minutes, Manchester City had absolute possession of the ball, and it was difficult for the Red Army to find a good opportunity to counterattack.

In the 84th minute, Manchester City finally regained a victory. After Gundogan kicked the wall and cooperated with him, the shot from 12 yards on the left side of the penalty area was blocked and deflected.

In the 88th minute, Klopp replaced Mane with Klavan to strengthen the defense, and Zhang Mai had already returned to the midfielder position to defend.

The fourth referee on the sidelines played the stoppage time light card. In this game, the time for healing and substitutions took up 7 extra minutes of stoppage time.

In the 91st minute, Aguero made a pass from the left side of the penalty area. After the ball was stopped by Gundogan's chest, he shot into the net from the edge of the small penalty area, 3-4.

In the 93rd minute, Otamendi passed the ball, and Aguero, who was unable to break into the penalty area, missed a long shot.

For strong teams like Liverpool and Manchester City, every minute and every second on the field is a game-changing moment, so the situation on the field is even more intense.

Liverpool sealed the victory in the 95th minute. Arnold made a free kick from the right. Zhang Mai beat Manchester City's two central defenders with a header, 5-3!
The game ended not long after, and the Anfield stadium had already become a sea of ​​joy, and no one paid any attention to the Manchester City players who left the lawn in despair.

Zhang Mai's two shots and one pass helped the Red Army beat Manchester City 5-3 at home. Liverpool finally took the lead in the league by 3 points and became the only undefeated team in the Premier League.

(End of this chapter)